mustax

Latin

Etymology

From mustum (“must”) +‎ -ax, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”). Cognate with Old High German mos (“moss”) (German Moos), Icelandic mosi, Danish mos, Swedish mossa, Latin muscus (“moss”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmus.taks/, [ˈmʊs̠t̪äks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmus.taks/, [ˈmust̪äks]

Noun

mustax f (genitive mustacis); third declension

1. laurel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mustax	mustacēs
genitive	mustacis	mustacum
dative	mustacī	mustacibus
accusative	mustacem	mustacēs
ablative	mustace	mustacibus
vocative	mustax	mustacēs

Descendants

• Latin: mustellago
• Italian: mostacciolo
  • → English: mostaccioli

References

• “mustax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mustax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.